# Introduction to CHORD Variations

**URL:** <https://forum.scalermusic.com/t/introduction-to-chord-variations/11707>\
**Category:** Scaler 2 Tutorials\
**Created:** [October 6, 2022, 1:00pm UTC](https://forum.scalermusic.com/t/introduction-to-chord-variations/11707 "2022-10-06T13:00:35Z")\
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**Post date:** [October 6, 2022, 1:00pm UTC](https://forum.scalermusic.com/t/introduction-to-chord-variations/11707/1 "2022-10-06T13:00:35Z")

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In this tutorial I am going to show you how to create variations of SCALE chords.

So starting with a simple progression on the MAIN page

 ![BYO 1a](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex012/uploads/scalermusic/original/2X/2/28dc6785d39a44fd68be938158d6c5f8fb0cb9b5.jpeg)

click on the variations to the chords we can VARIATIONS button

 ![BYO 1d](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex012/uploads/scalermusic/original/2X/2/26ead11830864dd704edf00a8770c8997b80c796.jpeg)

and select the degree of the scale for which we want variations from the drop-down

 ![BYO 1e](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex012/uploads/scalermusic/original/2X/8/8ac2cd2f0e5dfab1c17d795a4b1c669078cef09d.jpeg)

Selecting the Supertonic (i.e second degree of the scale = F in this example) displays a list of variations for the F chord all of which are in scale.

 ![BYO 1f](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex012/uploads/scalermusic/original/2X/e/edc8ca3dffef0db909a731945f095e64f184c818.jpeg)

Note that this approach only displays variations that are in scale although it does include chord extensions for the scale chords.

If we want more variations, inversions or variations of non-scale chords (in this progression if we had a Fmin chord it is a non-scale chord) we can use the CHORD page.

 ![BYO 1a](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex012/uploads/scalermusic/original/2X/1/14bbec58cc9adc06fee564c3ed0c6c82f39358a3.jpeg)

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**Post date:** [November 25, 2022, 12:29pm UTC](https://forum.scalermusic.com/t/introduction-to-chord-variations/11707/2 "2022-11-25T12:29:05Z")

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For more advanced consider using the Chord page by clicking on the CHORD button. Here you can find suggestions for chords that are more complex extensions of the scale chords. See [Introduction to the CHORDS page](https://forum.scalermusic.com/t/introduction-to-the-chords-page/11708) tutorial for more explanations on how to use this page.